Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Organization
On Apr. 1, 1918, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service were merged as the Royal Air Force
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert K. Mason B-17 Incident Report and Photographs Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1985-09-11
Contents of the Collection
The collection consists of an incident report and photographs of a B-17G crew, 490th Bomber Group, 850th Squadron, based in Eye, East Anglia, England with its aircraft that was damaged by enemy fire during a bombing mission on March 9, 1945. The two-page report by B-17 pilot Robert Mason describes that the crew came under flak fire en route to their bombing target: railroad yards in Frankfurt, Germany. A shell passed through the No. 2 engine in the left wing without exploding. After...
Jim Plant oral interview
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-09-24
Content Description
The Jim Plant oral interview is a small collection consisting of an audio recording and related document of an oral interview conducted by Fred Parkinson with his uncle Jim Plant in August 1996 about Plant's experience as a prisoner of war during World War II. James Plant was a bomber pilot for the Royal Air Force during World War II who was shot down in July 1940 over Germany. He was detained as a prisoner of war for five wars until he was released on May 2, 1945 by the Allies. In...